Improvement in gaiter-boots



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W. H. H. BABBITT, OF.NE'W CORNER, INDIANA.

Letters Patent N0. 83,017, amz 0ct0b0r13,1868.

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T0 all whom mag concern:

Be it; known th-at I, W. H. H. BABBITT, of New Oorner, in the county 0f Delaware, and Stute of Indi-- zum, have. invented a. new and useful Improvement in Gaiter-Buots; und I du hereby decla.re that tl1e following is a. full, clea-r, und exac-t descripnion thereof, which will enable tllose skilled in the art tomake and use i.ha same, reference being l1ad t.o the accompany ing drawings, forming palt ofthis specification.

'lhis invention rela.tes 130 an improvement in gaiterboons, und is confined to 13l1e fastening 0f the gaiter around the ankle, aud 150 the parts conne'cted therewith, whereby the. fastenin'g is remlered durable, and the ankle is properly snpported.

'lhe inveution consists in attaching to tl1e edges of the leg of tl1e galten, (01 to what may be oalled t-l1e latchets wlxere the laci ng is usually applied,) metall ic plates, whioh hooktogether und securely fasten tlxe leg of the gaite1 zuound a.nd above the ankle, thereby aflbuling support to weak ankles, zmd preserving those that um 11013 wea-k in a hea-lthy condition.

The dnuviug represents a perspective view 0f a. galte1 constructed aceording t-o 1ny invention.

A is a plate, of any suitable metal, (as brass or eupper) which is attached to 0ne of the edges of tl1e leg (01 latchets) by rivets 01 otherwise, as seen in the dmwing.

'l.l1e ellg@ of tlxis platte is turned outward, so as to furm u hook it-s whule length, 01 a portion' of its lengiih. lt ls placed between tl1e unter leather of the leg B und tl1e lining O, tahe size an l fonn 0f (alle pla.te being infilcated by duttd lines.

Att-ached to t-lxe otl1er edge' of the leg 01 la.tchet by a folding leather, D, obere is anooher plate, E, of the same material, in which obere is a long slot, which corresponds in length with the hook A, and wliich is sulficiently broad to admit' the hook, a.nd allowit to clasp ar0uncl its outer edge. j, when tl1e gaiter is fastened.

'lhe folcling lea.ther D is sewed tightly 130 eal1 latehet 0f the gaiter, and also below the lower ends of the plates. \Vhen the gaiter is fastened arom1d the ankle, the folding lea.ther D is doubled ove r the ankle.

G is the fia.p, 01 bak latchet, which is attached a1; its loyver end, and swings back, and a.llows the lea.ther, D, to eXpand when the fog t is admitted into 'the galte1, a.s Seen in the drawing.

It will be seentha by this method 0f forming a'.nd fastening the ga.iter 110 shirred 01 elastio cloth 01 material is necessary, tha.t eyelet-s and lacings are dispensed With, und that the leg of the gaiter is as impervious t0 water as its foot.

'lo tl1ose who a1e troubled With weak ankles, this gaiter finnishes a sure menns of support, as ohe rigidity 0f the fastening prevents the ankle from turning 01 being spmined in treacling on stones or other obstructions.

I claim a.s n6w, and desire 190 secure Patent- 1. In aombination wibh a gaicer, the plates A and E, a.nd the folcling leather D, arranged= s1ibsta.ntially a.s

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2. 'lhe flap G, in combination with tl1e plates A and E, arranged and operating substantially as descrlbed, for the purposes sei: tbrlah.

W. H. H. BABBITT.

Witnesses:

FREDERIOK HUBER, W. D. LEMENS, M. D. 

